git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[EGIT PATCH 2/3] Add create support to the branch command

From
Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Date
Sep 24, 2008, 21:56 UTC
Message-ID
<1222293383-26016-2-git-send-email-robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
In-Reply-To
<1222293383-26016-1-git-send-email-robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
The help string hinted it could create branches, but it was not implemented.
Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
---
 .../src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Branch.java           |   38 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Branch.java b/org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Branch.java
index a266244..db0aab8 100644
--- a/org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Branch.java
+++ b/org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Branch.java
@@ -45,13 +45,16 @@
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.ExampleMode;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 import org.spearce.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.spearce.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.spearce.jgit.lib.Ref;
 import org.spearce.jgit.lib.RefComparator;
 import org.spearce.jgit.lib.RefUpdate;
+import org.spearce.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.spearce.jgit.lib.RefUpdate.Result;
+import org.spearce.jgit.pgm.opt.CmdLineParser;
 import org.spearce.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
 
 @Command(common = true, usage = "List, create, or delete branches")
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@
 	@Option(name = "--delete-force", aliases = { "-D" }, usage = "delete branch (even if not merged)")
 	private boolean deleteForce = false;
 
+	@Option(name = "--create-force", aliases = { "-f" }, usage = "force create branch even exists")
+	private boolean createForce = false;
+
 	@Option(name = "--verbose", aliases = { "-v" }, usage = "be verbose")
 	private boolean verbose = false;
 
@@ -87,9 +93,35 @@ protected void run() throws Exception {
 		if (delete || deleteForce)
 			delete(deleteForce);
 		else {
-			if (verbose)
-				rw = new RevWalk(db);
-			list();
+			if (branches.size() > 2)
+				throw die("Too many refs given\n" + new CmdLineParser(this).printExample(ExampleMode.ALL));
+
+			if (branches.size() > 0) {
+				String newHead = branches.get(0);
+				ObjectId startAt;
+				if (branches.size() == 2)
+					startAt = db.resolve(branches.get(1) + "^0");
+				else
+					startAt = db.resolve(Constants.HEAD + "^0");
+
+				String newRefName = newHead;
+				if (!newRefName.startsWith(Constants.R_HEADS))
+					newRefName = Constants.R_HEADS + newRefName;
+				if (!Repository.isValidRefName(newRefName))
+					throw die(String.format("%s is not a valid ref name", newRefName));
+				if (!createForce && db.resolve(newRefName) != null)
+					throw die(String.format("branch %s already exists", newHead));
+				RefUpdate updateRef = db.updateRef(newRefName);
+				updateRef.setNewObjectId(startAt);
+				updateRef.setForceUpdate(createForce);
+				Result update = updateRef.update();
+				if (update == Result.REJECTED)
+					throw die(String.format("Could not create branch %s: %s", newHead, update.toString()));
+			} else {
+				if (verbose)
+					rw = new RevWalk(db);
+				list();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
1.6.0.1.310.gf789d0.dirty
Previous: Robin RosenbergNext: Robin Rosenberg
Message 2 of 3 in “Include a print command line usage string utility”
  1. 1/3 Include a print command line usage string utilityRobin Rosenberg, Sep 24, 2008
  2. 2/3 Add create support to the branch commandRobin Rosenberg, Sep 24, 2008
  3. 3/3 Tell the branch dialog how to create a new branch.Robin Rosenberg, Sep 24, 2008

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.